False emotions
Henrik stood leaning against the door torn up inside. Those words, the words he had spat out were no reflection of his real feelings. He took a deep breath with a shudder and tears in his eyes. What had he done! He knew he had cut Russell deeply. But what to do from here.? He couldn't even work out his own feelings, so how was he going to work this out.
His phone buzzed and took him away from his thoughts, well it did momentarily. It was an email from Russell. "Notice effective immediately" being the subject of said email. He couldn't bring himself to open the email... not that it would change anything. It would just make it real.
Russ left the office knowing that his emotions had gotten the better of him. Henrik would not even consider finding a way through and made his feelings known. He knew that Henrik was not as invested as he was in whatever their relationship was, but for him to say what he said... that made the situation quite clear.
Billie was going to call Henrik but decided against it. She knew if she spoke to him she would go off at the deep end. Dad hadn't exactly told her what Henrik had said but whatever it was had clearly upset him and caused him to hand in his notice. She wondered if any of what she had said to Henrik had sunk in. Her dad deserved happiness. She wanted to do something but knew her dad would tell her off for "mixing in"; but then he had done with Larry...
She got her phone out and sent a message.
"Pulses, 10 minutes. No excuses!"
She needed Henrik to know she was pissed off. She needed to try and fix this. Dad was already packing up his office so she only had a small window of opportunity.
Billie was sitting waiting for Henrik. She went straight to Pulses as she knew Henrik never ran late.
10 minutes passed, then 15 and there was no sign of Henrik. Billie let out a sigh and went to get up. As she was about to leave Henrik appeared. He clearly looked unhappy. Not cross unhappy, sad. She pointed to the seat opposite inviting him to sit down.
"Well?" Billie asked.
"Um, where is your dad?"
"My dad, well he's packing up his office and coming to Leeds. Even though I know that isn't what he wants. So yeah... Well done Henrik Hannsen."
"Billie, you don't understand, you see, I cannot give your dad what he needs. For him to remain here, and be apart from you and young Denver, it isn't an option. "
Billie rolled her eyes, "Believe it or not, you can make my dad happy. He just needs you to be present. As for me, I'll be fine in Leeds. It might be good for me and dad to have that space. You know how he can be. Just don't give up like this."
Billie's phone rings, "It's dad" she gets up. "Fix things before it's too late." With that she gets up and leaves whilst on her phone.
Henrik did not know what to do for the best. So he did nothing.